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DOEIHS-90-0025 (Deleted Version)
Twenty-Fifth Report on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data
and Formerly Restricted Data under Executive Order 12958
Deleted Version(U)
Report to:
The Committee on Armed Services of the Senate
The Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives
The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Deleted Version
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DECLASSIFICATION REVIEW
DETERMINATION [CIRCLE NUMBER(Sl]
1st REVIEW - DATE: -2.:!o- (), _ I ,1. ClASSIFICATION RETAINED
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AUTHO. RITY: ADD 12. CLASSIFiCATION CHANGED TO: _ _
NAME- ~ r: _ ,3. CONTAINS NO DOE CLASSIFIED INFO, I
2ND REVIEW. - DATE: 5. ID· D7~' COORDINATE WITH: '
AUTHORITY- ADD 5. LASSIFICATION CANCELED I
NAME: ""'go~ Lee.. f ,6. CLASSIFIED INFO BRACKETED I
____._. PTH~~fibfWew J
u.s. Department of Energy
Office of Classification
Office of Health, Safety and Security
Germantown, .Maryland 20874
May 2007
Classified 8y: Greg GaRnon
Office of Classification
Deriyed Prom: CG SS 4,9/12100
Declassify on: DeclassifY when the
information compromised is declassified
UNCLASSIFIED
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law (P.L.) 105-261)
requires that the Secretary of Energy notify the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, the
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, and the Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs of inadvertent releases of Restricted Data (RD) and Formerly
Restricted Data (FRD) associated with records declassified under what is now section 3.3 of
Executive Order 12958, as amended.
As a result of the Department of Energy (DOE) examination of 4,031,160 additional pages of
publicly available records accessioned by the National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA), the Department discovered an additional 515 documents containing 1193 pages ofRD
and FRD which were inadvertently released:
Additional Pages Number of Documents Number of Pages Number of Number of Pages
Examined Since with RD/FRD in the Documents Pages RD FRD
Last Report
4,031,160 515 9,191 339 854
The identified documents are in collections belonging to the Department of State and the
Department of the Army. The 515 documents were inadvertently declassified and made available
to the public in DELETED by the Department of State and NARA.
No classified documents of the DOE or its predecessor organizations were inadvertently released.
The documents inadvertently released contained the following types of RD and FRD information:
RD FRD
- Mass or dimensions of fissile materials - Stockpile quantities
- Tampers and initiators - Storage locations
- Boosting systems - Storage capacities
- Detonation systems - Costs of weapons and components
- High explosives - Nuclear 'weapon yields
- Weapon/device output and performance - Delivery system accuracy
- Weapon reliability - Height and depth of burst
- Nuclear weapon materials - Yield select capability
- Gaseous diffusion technology - Nuclear test information
- Naval nuclear propulsion information - Nuclear safing systems
- Fusion weapon research - Designs of arming and fuzing systems
Improper markings in 307 of the 515 documents for classification level (e.g., Secret),
classification category (e.g., RD), and/or automatic classification level downgrading occurred
when the documents were originated or later during the documents' lifetime. The improper
marking ofthe documents for classification level, classification category, and/or downgrading
may have contributed to the inadvertent release of documents.
UNCLASSIFIED
2
UNCLASSIFIED
The Department of State, the Department of the Army and NARA have been afforded an
opportunity to review their specific documents containing the RD and FRD information. The
515 documents have been withdrawn from public access and protected in accordance with DOE
requirements.
The inadvertently released nuclear weapons design information (RD) detailed in this report
concerns the early generations of nuclear weapons that this country developed in the 1950s and
1960s. Potential adversaries, emerging proliferant nations and terrorist groups aggressively
target U.S. nuclear weapon information. Information regarding older nuclear weapons is of
significant value since it is often technically less sophisticated. These designs would be most
readily used by a would-be nuclear proliferant to obtain its first nuclear weapon.
The inadvertently released nuclear weapons utilization information (FRD) detailed in this report
could assist potential adversaries in assessing the strength of the U. S. nuclear arsenal.
Additionally, inadvertently released information on deployments of nuclear weapons outside the
United States may violate international agreements and harm diplomatic ties with foreign host
nations.
The inadvertently released naval nuclear propulsion information (also RD) addressed in this
report could assist adversaries in the development of nuclear propulsion systems for their
submarines and surface ships.
The training of other agency reviewers continues to reduce the rate at which Restricted Data and
Formerly Restricted Data are improperly declassified.
DOE and NARA are working to better integrate their efforts to more quickly identify and
safeguard documents potentially containing RD and FRD. All records that may contain RD and
FRD are removed from public access. Details of the specific inadvertent releases are contained
in the attached classified appendix.
UNCLASSIFIED
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APPENDIX: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS (U) (DELETED VERSION)
RG/E0 1 Year Number of Origination Number of No. of No. of RD/FRD Information Inadvertently
(Dept)2 Declassified Documents Dates of the Documents wi Pages Pages Made Publicly Available
(Department)3 containing Documents 5 Inappropriate RD FRD
RD/FRD
4
Markings 6
RD:
RG59 120 1950-1966 108 of 120 50 144
DELETED
DELETED - Mass or dimensions of fissile materials
(State)
(State) - Efficiency of nuclear materials
- Boosting systems
- Thermonuclear weapon design
- Outputs or performance of nuclear weapons
- Nuclear weapon materials costs
- Gaseous diffusion technology
- Naval nuclear propulsion information
FRD
- Nuclear weapon stockpile quantities
- Nuclear weapon storage locations
- Costs of non-nuclear weapon components
- Nuclear weapon yields
- Delivery system accuracy
- Nuclear test information
- Utilization of nuclear weapons
RD:
RG59 36 1960-1964 360f36 2 63
DELETED
DELETED - Naval nuclear propulsion information
(State) FRD
(State)
- Nuclear weapon storage locations
RD:
RG 319 40 1960 40f40 23 91
DELETED
DELETED - Mass or dimensions of fissile materials
(Army)
(NARA) - Boosting systems
- Detonation systems
- High explosives for nw:lear weapons
- Nuclear weapon design details
FRD:
- Nuclear weapon stockpile quantities
- Nuclear weapon storage locations
- Nuclear weapon yields
2
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APPENDIX: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS (U) (DELETED VERSION)
RG 319
- Nuclear weapon height/depth of burst
- Nuclear safety and safing systems
- Designs of arming, fuzing or firing
DELETED
(Army)
continued
from page 1
RD:
RG 319 13 1950-1954 11 of 13 3 69
DELETED
DELETED - Other weapon design information
(NARA) FRD
(Army)
- Nuclear w€apon stockpile quantities
- Nuclear weapon storage locations
- Nuclear weapon yields
- Nuclear weapon performance
RD:
RG 319 68 1961-1962 320f68 6 115
DELETED - Mass or dimensions of fissile material
DELETED
(Army)
(NARA) - Tampers and initiators
- High explosives for nuclear weapons
- Weapon/device output and performance
- Other weapon design information
FRD
- Nuclear weapon stockpile quantities
- Nuclear weapon storage locations
- Nuclear weapon storage capacities
- Costs of nuclear weapons or components
- Nuclear weapon yields
- Hardening, vulnerability and countermeasures
RD:
RG319 137 1965 20 of 137 215 311
DELETED
DELETED - Mass or dimensions of fissile materials
(Army)
(NARA) - Efficiency of nuclear materials
- Nuclear weapon tampers
- Boosting systems
- Detonation systems
3
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APPENDIX: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS (U) (DELETED VERSION)
- High explosives for nuclear weapons
RG3l9
- Thermonuclear weapon design
DELETED
- Outputs or performance of nuclear weapons
- Nuclear weapon design details
(Army)
- Other nuclear weapon design information
- Nuclear weapon material costs
continued
- Naval nuclear propulsion information
from Page 2 FRD
- Nuclear weapon stockpile quantities
- Nuclear weapon storage locations
- Nuclear weapon yields
- Performance and operational limitations of weapons
- Nuclear weapon height/depth of burst
- Yield selection capability in a specified weapon
- Nuclear test information
- Nuclear safety and safing systems
- Designs of arming, fuzing, or firing systems
RD:
RG335 101 1953-1962 96 of 101 40 61
DELETED
DELETED - Boosting systems
(NARA) - Thermonuclear weapon design
(Army)
- Outputs and performance of nuclear weapons
- Nuclear weapon material costs
- Fusion weapon research
FRD:
- Nuclear weapon stockpile quantities
- Nuclear weapon storage locations
- Costs of nuclear weapon components
- Nuclear weapon yields
- Nuclear weapon delivery system accuracy
- Nuclear weapon test information
- Hardening and countcnncasurcs of nuclear weapons
4
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APPENDIX: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS (U) (DELETED VERSION)
Number of Number of Origination Number of No. of No. of
pages in Documents Dates of the Documents w/ Pages Pages
findings containing Documents Inappropriate RD FRD
RD/FRD Markings
Totals 9,191 515 1950-1966 307 of 515 339 854
1 (U) RG/EO = Record Group/Executive Order Plan Number of the file series found to contain RD and/or FRD.
2 (U) Dept = Executive Branch Department or Agency that submitted the file series to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA);
State: Department of State; Army: Department of the Army.
3 (U) Year Declassified (Department) = Year the file series was declassified and the department/agency that conducted the declassification.
4 (U) Number of Documents containing RD/FRD = Number of documents found to contain RD and/or FRD per current classification guidance in
accordance with the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
5 (U) Origination Dates of the Documents = Period of time over which the documents were originated.
6 (U) Number of Documents w/ Inappropriate Markings = Number of documents containing RD/FRD found to have inappropriate classification,
declassification, and/or downgrading markings. This includes inadequately marked documents that had routing/transmittal/endorsement cover
sheets with inappropriate markings.
